Yemen braces for locust ‘plague’

SciDev.Net: The ongoing civil war and the need to protect the bee industry make it difficult to use insecticides

Yemen is bracing itself for a "locust plague" that scientists are unable to stop due to fears that any intervention would also kill bees that are vital to its economy.

The country's Desert Locust Control Centre issued a warning on 18 April that many desert locusts in the country had reached their flying adult phase, while the remaining juveniles could do likewise in a matter of weeks.